Thanks Jim & TNoell, those were helpful responses.
My followup question would be regarding setting the CCACHE_HARDLINK
environment variable. Is anyone using this successfully - as that would
imply that disk space usage is being minimized. I ask since the MAN
page says that set using hard links can: "confuse programs like 'make'
that rely on modification times".
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Naqib
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim C. Nasby [mailto:decibel at decibel.org]
Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 9:34 AM
To: Khan, Naqib (RICH2:2V90)
Cc: ccache at lists.samba.org
Subject: Re: [ccache] Disk Space Requirements
man ccache and look at the -M option.
On Wed, Jul 19, 2006 at 12:31:54AM -0500, Naqib Khan wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>> I have used ccache successfully in a test environment. Just
> confirming
> here: with ccache, I would now have two sets of object files - one in
> my CCACHE_DIR & the other in the original location (where they
normally
> get created - per the build process). Right now, my testing is
limited
> to one user/ID.
>> If that's the case, is it safe to assume that - when implementing
> ccache
> - I will need twice the amount of disk space for my object files (in
my
> CCACHE_DIR & the other in the original location). Any
tips/suggestions
> on how to keep the disk space to a minimum.
>>> Thanks,
> Naqib
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